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The Republic of Ceni is a tiny speck of land just off the coast of Electrum in the Terranean area of Rushmore, close to New Gelderland, Electrum, and Eura. Its major city and capital is Cenial, and other major cities include New Oxford and City Centre, but a good portion of Ceni is covered with one huge agglomeration of cities. Its economy is a service-based economy, especially financial services and trade, with major contributions by pharmaceuticals, research and development, technology (biotech and information technology especially), and real estate. A good part of its energy comes from wind turbines, solar power, and tidal power, and Ceni is known for its eco-friendly populace and green atmosphere. Several major Rushmori firms are based in the Cenial business district, including Air Terranea, Telluric Pharmaceuticals, Endais Chemicals, Selaphoros (an oil company), Solar Solutions, Pharos Media Group, and the world-wide Cityscapes architecture company. Many of these companies serve the large Euran market, which is quite close by, exporting high-tech, high-expertise products, and maintaining a trade surplus with one of the world's largest economies. Cenial International Airport is a hub for Air Terranea, which flies to almost 300 destinations throughout the world, and New Oxford International Airport adds to Ceni's international air transport capacity. Ferry services also link Ceni with Eura and Electrum. On the culture scene, Cenial is widely regarded as a highly cultured and diverse city, with large Avaerilonian, Euran, Electrumite, Hispanic, Endemian, Asian, and other populations, and it supports a vibrant food and arts scene. Football-wise, Ceni has 'enjoyed' a long spell of poor results in World Cup competitions, dating from World Cup 67 and Baptism of Fire 54, before finally qualifying for the World Cup in World Cup 73, where they notched their first World Cup win, over Free Republics. They qualified for World Cup 74 and 75 but had disappointing results, with a 1-4-4 record in three World Cup group stages. While football is only the second-most popular sport in Ceni, behind tennis, its popularity is growing, and its league is burgeoning and gaining more followers and revenue every year. The World Cup should increase the standing and popularity of football in Ceni even further, and hopefully should impel Ceni’s national football team to actually get results in front of a home crowd.
Electrum is a very large but sparsely populated nation, with large swaths of uninhabited areas between the major cities. Electrum borders Eura, Rio Oscuro, Rhodesiah, and New Gelderland. To its East, across the sea is Ceni. The Electrum economy is based on finance and international commerce -- it is what gives the small nation an advantage over other nations in the region. In terms of Football, Electrum debuted in the 55th Baptism of Fire and the 68th World Cup, and has participated in all available tournaments since, whether it was World Cup Qualifications, Cup of Harmonies or World Cup Finals. After World Cup 70, in the 62nd Cup of Harmony, Electrum came in fourth place, behind Cosumar. It would take Electrum 6 attempts at qualification before they finally qualified in WC73 and have qualified ever since. Electrum shares a deep friendship with Ceni, with continued co-operation over many realms, including corporation and business ties (eg the merger of Ceniana and AirElectrum), a free trade agreement and more. They also share similarities in sporting preferences; with tennis being the top sport in Electrum, and football taking runners-up. The World Cup will see teams travelling all over the country with state-of-the-art stadii, from the garguantuan Olympic Stadium in Centralis to other regional venues across Electrum.
This is the thread to post your RPs, whether they be match reports, stories, novellas, or whatever else. More information - pots, groups, and schedule - will be posted within due time.
Schedule
The first half will be scorinated by Ceni and the second half will be scorinated by Electrum.
Ceni's cutoff times: between 2300 (on the date specified) and 0200 (the day after the date specified) UTC
Electrum's cutoff times: 0800 (on the date specified) UTC
Note that all dates are for UTC -6 (American dates). Please keep track of the dates for your time zone accordingly!
Qualifying Pots and Groups
Pots
Groups
World Cup Pots and Groups
Pots
Pot 1
Unified Sunrise Islands
Valladares
Audioslavia
Farfadillis
Eura
Nephara
Electrum
Ceni
Pot 2
Royal Kingdom of Quebec
San José Guayabal
Barunia
Valanora
Pasarga
Cosumar
Vilita
Brenecia
Pot 3
Krytenia
Chromatika
Semarland
Turori
Gregoryisgodistan
The Holy Empire
Abanhfleft
Osarius
Pot 4
Flardania
Ficiscia
Damukuni
Red Blackiland
Savalen
Fluvique
Chiata
Port Christopher
Groups
Group A
Ficiscia
Ceni
Brenecia
Osarius
Group B
Valanora
Eura
The Holy Empire
Flardania
Group C
San José Guayabal
Abanhfleft
Audioslavia
Port Christopher
Group D
Savalen
Barunia
Krytenia
Valladares
Group E
Vilita
Damukuni
Electrum
Semarland
Group F
Chiata
Turori
Royal Kingdom of Quebec
Unified Sunrise Islands
Group G
Chromatika
Nephara
Fluvique
Pasarga
Group H
Red Blackiland
Gregoryisgodistan
Cosumar
Farfadillis
Matchday 1: 1v4, 2v3
Matchday 2: 4v3, 1v2
Matchday 3: 2v4, 3v1
Round of 16: A1 vs D2, C1vs B2, B1 vs C2, D1 vs A2, E1 vs H2, G1 vs F2, F1 vs G2, H1 vs E2
Quarterfinals: R1 vs R2, R3 vs R4, R5 vs R6, R7 vs R8
Semifinals: Q1 vs Q2, Q3 vs Q4
Third-place playoff: Loser of S1 vs Loser of S2
Final: S1 vs S2
Finals Schedule
NOTE: All dates and cutoffs in UTC :
Group A-D (in Ceni, scored by Electrum) - UTC: 0800 - 1100
Group E-H (in Electrum, scored by Ceni) - UTC: 2300 of the day before - 0200 of the day (Approx. six-eight hours before Electrum cuts off)
MD2: November 1
MD3: November 3
R16: November 7
QF: November 9
SF: November 11
3PPO/F: November 13